The 15 International forum - contest of students and young researchers “Topical Issues of Rational Use of Natural Resources” under the auspices of UNESCO, dedicated to the International Year of Periodical Table of Chemical Elements (13-17 May 2019, Saint-Petersburg mining university).

For fifteen years the forum-contest has been an open platform for discussing topical issues of development of Russian and global mineral resources and fuel and energy complexes. During 3 days within the framework of 7 panels the participants will be able to present their research and discuss the most important sector-specific issues with the top experts of mineral resources complex, to take part in master classes of researchers and specialists of various fields of expertise and receive a special certificate, to participate in the competition of case studies and to speak in public in TED format at the oratorical contest.

Participation in the Forum-contest is a unique opportunity to make a presentation in front of the audience who represent more than 20 countries, to meet the representatives of government institutions and specialists from academic and business communities, to find potential partners and share the ideas with young researchers from other countries.

4. The Organizing Committee will allocate a grant to the registered participants of the conference who will provide their abstracts in due time. The grant will cover accommodation at the Multifunctional Complex “Gornyi” during the Forum-Contest and participation in the activities of the programme.

5. Registered foreign participants will be provided with a Letter of invitation for visa support.

6. To get a transfer from Pulkovo Airport or from St. Petersburg railway stations to the Multifunctional complex “Gorniy” and back please submit a “Get a transfer” form.

INNOVATIONS

Case competition

This year for undergraduate students, graduate students, PhD students and young researchers the organizers of the International Forum-Contest "Topical Issues of Rational Use of Natural Resources" hold a new type of event – Case competition.

Case tasks are real industry tasks that describe specific problems in various fields and require optimal and rational solution.

Pre-registration is not required.

Working language of the case competition is English.

Participants of the forum-contest will be divided into teams according to the areas of focus of the sections; teams will receive their cases on the day of the contest.

Members of each team have to analyze the task in a short time, create their own solution and present it to the expert jury in the form of a presentation.

Gornyi talks: TED-style presentation format

The Forum-contest 2019 provides an opportunity to young researchers to present the results of their findings not only in the form of conventional scientific communication but also in TED-style presentation format.

Steps for applying for a TED-style presentation contest:
1. Fill out the registration form.
2. Send the topic of your speech with a brief summary tominingyouth@gmail.com.
3. Get approval from the organizing committee.
4. Send a video of your presentation (recording can be made in a day-to-day environment on any video recorder, including a phone or tablet).

Further details:

The language of the presentation is English.

The length of the presentation is 6 minutes.

Topic submission deadline is 1st March, 2019.

Video submission deadline is 20th March, 2019.

Academic session of junior scientists

This year the forum-contest includes a new format - a session of high school students (9-10 grade) with excellent results in engineering sciences. The total number of participants is limited to 40 students.

Proceedings of the international forum-contest 2019

Within the framework of the 2019 international forum-contest, St. Petersburg Mining University carry on a tradition of publishing the best articles of the forum-contest as a separate collection of articles (publishing house CRС Press, Taylor & Francis Group) for the purposes of the maximal promotion of young researchers' scientific papers.

Please note that the proceedings will go through two stages of reviewing:

Reviewing the articles by the organizing committee.

The final review of the proceedings will be done by indexing services such as Elsevier (Scopus) and Thomson Reuters (WoS).

13:00 – 14:00

14:00 – 16:00

Creative presenations of ideas worth spreading within limited time:
emotionally charged, eloquen, specacular performance not longer than 6 minutes.
The participants are pre-selected on the basis of their applications

16:00 – 16:30

Break

16:30 – 18:00

19:00

Reception

Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg is the northernmost city in the world with a population of over one million people. Among cities fully located in Europe, St. Petersburg is the third most populous city, as well as the first city in terms of population, which is not the capital. St. Petersburg is the most important economic, scientific and cultural center of Russia, a major transportation hub. The historical center of St. Petersburg and its associated complexes of monuments are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List; This is one of the most important centers of tourism in the country.

Among the most significant cultural and tourist sites are the Hermitage, the Kunstkamera, the Mariinsky Theater, the Russian National Library, the Russian Museum, the Peter and Paul Fortress, St. Isaac's Cathedral, and Nevsky Prospect. The program for the preservation and development of the historical center of St. Petersburg is also aimed at preserving cultural heritage sites.

Rostral column

Located on the Spit of Vasilievsky island. In the nineteenth century performed the function of the lights of port of Northern capital. They were built in 1810 by the French architect Tom de Thomon, who decorated them with ship roses.

Lion bridge

This is one of the first and most beautiful suspension bridges of the city. The crossing through the Griboyedov canal was designed by engineers V. Tretter and V. Khristianovich. The bridge was opened in July 1826 and on the first day it was visited by about 3000 citizens. The chain, which keeps the bridge, hiding in the sculptures of lions.

St. Nicholas naval Cathedral

Located on the Bank of the Kryukov canal. A magnificent monument of the XVIII century Baroque style. In the lower Church is the main Shrine of the Cathedral-the Greek icon of St. Nicholas the 17th century with a particle of his relics. And the proximity to the water makes this place romantic

The Bronze Horseman

Monument to Peter I on the Senate square. The name of The bronze horseman monument was later due to the eponymous poem of Alexander Pushkin, although the monument is made of bronze. Its opening took place on 7 (18) August 1782, sculptor - Etienne Falcone. The head of the statue was sculpted by his student Marie Ann Сollo.

Smolny cathedral

The Smolny monastery complex is a real masterpiece of Russian Baroque. The famous architect Quarenghi, passing by him, every time took off his hat in deference to the genius Rastrelli. But Rastrelli only managed to bring the building under the roof. For a long time the Cathedral was unfinished, it was completed only in the 1830s. Vasily Stasov

Atlantes

The gallery of the main entrance to the Hermitage is decorated in the form of a portico, which is decorated with giant figures of Atlantes. In 1844, with the participation of 150 masons sculptor AI Terebenev presented to the world 10 magnificent statues that symbolize the fight against gravity. The statues became a symbol of the city

Isaakievsky cathedral

called the Museum of colored stone. The interior walls are lined with white marble with a panel of green and yellow marble, Jasper and porphyry. The dome inside was painted by Karl Brullov, also on the interior of the temple worked Vasily Shebuev, Fyodor Bruni, Ivan Vitali and many others

VENUE AND ACCOMODATION

ST. PETERSBURG MINING UNIVERSITY

St. Petersburg Mining University is the first technical educational institution in Russia, it was established by order of Catherine II on 21 October (1 November), 1773, the University brought to life Peter’s the First and M.V. Lomonosov’s ideas about training mining engineers. The date has become the birthday of the whole higher technical education in Russia.

Nowadays, more than 12 thousand students are studying mining, oil and gas, machine building, energy engineering, economics, safety measures, geo-ecology. The Mining University trains bachelors, masters and specialists (engineers) according to 32 programmes. More than 180 doctors of sciences, professors, about 600 candidates of sciences and associate professors, about 120 academicians and correspondent members of different international and Russian academies are working at 49 departments and branches of the University.

Mining Museum is a keeper of unique collections. It houses more than 250 thousand exhibits collected from all continents and more than 80 countries. It ranks top three world museums of nature science profile. The University possesses the richest scientific and technical library which accounts for more than 1.2 mln books and journals including rarities of the XV-XIX centuries.

The Mining University performs intensive research in the development of the country’s raw material resources, environmental management, advanced energy-saving technologies of extraction and processing of mineral resources. The University has modern facilities and well-developed infrastructure, and it allows to hold international events at the highest level.

The total area of complex is 23000 square meters. It includes 212 rooms (which can accommodate up to 410 guests), restaurant for 250 guests, congress hall with capacity up to 2200 guests, fitness centre and auditorium for 500 seats.

Saint Petersburg mining university

Saint Petersburg mining university is the oldest technical educational institution of Russia, established by the order if Empress Catherine the Great on October, 21 ( Novenber,1) 1773

Staircase

The house complex of Mining University Training Center №1 is a heritage asset of the XIX century, the masterpiece of architects A.N. Voronikhin and A.I. Postnikov, sculptors V.I. Demut- Malinovskiy and S.S. Pimenov

Mining museum

Mining museum

The museum collection comprises 240 thousand exhibits, many of which are rare or unique

MFC facade

Multifunctional international students’ complex “Gorniy” is a venue of international scientific ,academic conferences, foreign languages training place, accommodation of students, post-graduate students and trainees, and other statutory activities

MFC hall

The Congress-hall of Multifunctional international students’ complex “Gorniy” sits 2 200 people

lecture hall

13 various lecture halls of Multifunctional international students’ complex “Gorniy” accommodate from 10 to 70 people and are used for holding round tables, business meetings, etc.

art media and technical facilities

All halls and lecture halls are equipped with state-of-the- art media and technical facilities

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